Warcraft coverage continues with an IMDB exclusive revealing some concept artwork for movie characters, and a plea from Blizzard to track down missing transmog appearances on the Legion Beta so they can be added in the future!\r\rTransmogrification Testing\rBlizzard is asking Beta Testers for help testing the new Transmogrification Collection system. One of the things they're asking for help with is something that's concerned a lot of our users: the unintentional removal of transmog appearances for some classes, as part of standardizing armor types while leveling.\r\rInstead of mail users equipping leather from 1-40, and plate users equipping mail from 1-40, armor has been standardized. However, some low-level appearances that were unique to one armor type may now be removed. Here are some examples:\rThe chestpiece in the feathery set is now plate.\rAll glove options for are now plate.\rHalf of the set is now split between mail and plate.\r is entirely plate instead of mail.\r\rIt seems that Blizzard is taking note of these items; we've datamined a plate version of the Scarlet Crusade Set, Ensemble : armure d'écailles de la Croisade écarlate, so both mail and plate classes can use the appearance.\r\rEven if you aren't in the beta, you can help out by comparing items or transmog sets on Wowhead's Live vs Legion database versions. You can swap versions of a page easily using the checkboxes at the top right of a page, to see if an item's armor type has changed.\r\rYou can also run filtered searches and compare them on live vs Legion Wowhead. For example, there are 52 unique plate sets from world-drop items on live Wowhead, but 65 sets in Legion due to more plate items. The Same Model As tab on item pages lets you visually determine if an item with a changed armor type still has options for the original armor type.\r\rWe also want to remind players that we launched a Wardrobe Collecting Tool last week which should take the current mail-to-plate conversion changes into account; this can also help determine if you're missing any appearances.\r\r\rDo you have Transmog items you\u2019ve been holding onto for a very long time? Are you a Hunter, Shaman, Warrior or Paladin? In order to streamline leveling we made a change to armor proficiencies: \rHunters and Shaman can now equip Mail armor from level 1 (down from level 40).\rWarriors and Paladins can now equip Plate armor from level 1 (down from level 40).\r\rIn order to facilitate this we\u2019ve also changed some lower level items from Leather to Mail, and some Mail Items to Plate, to match their intended class at those levels.\r\rExample: \rPre-Legion: A Level 30 Mail Chestpiece drops from a dungeon that has Strength on it (intended for Paladins or Warriors)\rLegion: That same Chestpiece would be plate, since Warriors and Paladins use Plate starting at level 1.\r\rWhile we think this change is positive for the game and for new characters, this could lead to some appearances being un-transmoggable for these classes. We\u2019d like some help in identifying changed items that were once Leather or Mail, and there are no other items with a similar appearance or color shift for their original armor type. We\u2019re also looking for items that can no longer be obtained in Legion, but have a unique appearance that cannot be found anywhere else in the game.\r\rBasically, if an item you have has been converted to another armor type and there\u2019s no other item like it, let us know below. Even if it\u2019s not a bug, we\u2019ll see if it\u2019s something we can add in the future.\r\r\r\r\rHello,\r\rAs you may have seen in-game, the new Transmogrification Collection (the appearance tab) displays appearances not only for items\/appearances you already own, but also all of the ones you haven\u2019t collected yet. However, if you haven\u2019t collected an item, and it can no longer be obtained (such as rewards from quests that have been removed, or limited time items), it shouldn\u2019t show up in the window, since you\u2019d never able to \u201cfill in\u201d that spot in the collection.\r\rThat said, there\u2019s a lot of items in WoW, and we could use your help making sure we got things right! If you happen to notice an item in the Appearance Collection tab that players can no longer obtain, let us know by posting below. Specific item names or links to database sites are preferred. \r\rBasically, if an unobtainable item is displayed in the collection window and you don\u2019t have it already, it\u2019s a bug, and we need to know what that item is in order to be able to fix it. (Note that if you have an item, it should be displayed in the Appearances collection even if it\u2019s no longer obtainable.)\rActually some of this testing is really only doable *without* character copies. If you copy over your priest who had a lot of unobtainable items, they'd show up in the appearance tab, which is fine because you already have them. But if those same items showed up for somebody else, who didn't have them, that would be a bug.\r\rWe've caught a lot of those but there's undoubtedly more out there.\r\rLegion Blue Tweets\r\r\rIMDB Exclusive: "Director's Vision"\rIMDB has revealed another exclusive movie video:\r\r<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Director Duncan Jones breaks down his vision for bringing the fantasy worlds of <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Warcraft?src=hash">#Warcraft<\/a> to life.<a href="https:\/\/t.co\/STJoeNt4GY">https:\/\/t.co\/STJoeNt4GY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IMDb (@IMDb) <a href="https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMDb\/status\/737700844049600512">May 31, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\rThis video gives us a glimpse of a model of Stormwind City as well as some character concept sketches. Looks like at one point, Garona's in-game pigtails were considered for the movie version:\r \r\rHot Topic Warcraft Sweepstakes\rHot Topic is running a World of Warcraft Sweepstakes with Alliance and Horde prize packs! Both packs include t-shirts, Funko Pops!, a hat, lanyard, and keychain. Reminder that you can get the Pop! figurines and shirts for 15% off at the Blizzard Gear Shop with code WOWHEADWCMOVIE.\r\r

Commentaires

Commentaire de Winfree

on 2016-05-31T22:53:38-05:00

Who done those sketches? They look great & should be giving credit imo. (:

Commentaire de perculia

on 2016-05-31T23:10:02-05:00

Who done those sketches? They look great & should be giving credit imo. (:\r\rI'm not sure who did them - they are stills from the video. There's an art book coming out soon which should have more details.

Commentaire de Sounalius

on 2016-05-31T23:18:02-05:00

"Half of the Jade Plate (Recolor) set is now split between mail and plate."\r\rWhat the hell Blizzard? Why?\r\rThis entirely negates the usage of this armor set in ANY form aside from being a new player without BoA, and MAYBE looting the chestpiece off a mob as a warrior.\r\rIf any portions of the set are NOT equal in type, being plate or mail, and has no other matching appearances, it simply cannot be used as a full set. Absolutely ignorant.

Commentaire de DartVader

on 2016-05-31T23:23:18-05:00

"Half of the Jade Plate (Recolor) set is now split between mail and plate."\r\rWhat the hell Blizzard? Why?\r\rThis entirely negates the usage of this armor set in ANY form aside from being a new player without BoA, and MAYBE looting the chestpiece off a mob as a warrior.\r\rIf any portions of the set are NOT equal in type, being plate or mail, and has no other matching appearances, it simply cannot be used as a full set. Absolutely ignorant.\r\rYou're missing the point of the post. This is from Blizzard asking for help tracking down situations like this specifically so it can be fixed down the road.

Commentaire de Ayvalen

on 2016-05-31T23:23:19-05:00

"Half of the Jade Plate (Recolor) set is now split between mail and plate."

What the hell Blizzard? Why?

This entirely negates the usage of this armor set in ANY form aside from being a new player without BoA, and MAYBE looting the chestpiece off a mob as a warrior.

If any portions of the set are NOT equal in type, being plate or mail, and has no other matching appearances, it simply cannot be used as a full set. Absolutely ignorant.

Why? Because they probably used a program to do the armor class swaps. This example is PRECISELY why Blizzard is asking for feedback. Instead of whining and asking "Why?" you should read the bloody article and realize that they understand it's a thing, players are very concerned about losing access to some transmogs, and are looking at ways to fix it.

Commentaire de sgtevmckay

on 2016-05-31T23:52:52-05:00

would love to help on the transmog front

Commentaire de Purgatorywolf

on 2016-05-31T23:56:08-05:00

they could just add alternative pieces, like if they make a piece plate, add another piece thats mail thats the same thing? \r\rOR\r\rJust remove the need to match armor types for transmog.

Commentaire de LordDurant

on 2016-06-01T00:11:07-05:00

So the way I'm reading it is that if you have an item set that is no longer obtainable in game, it will still show up in your list. However, if you don't have it the set won't even appear in your transmog list.

Commentaire de Tulavelir

on 2016-06-01T00:47:58-05:00

All I can say is, "What in the hell is wrong with Duncan Jones' eye in that still of the video?" It looks like something straight out of a horror movie I saw once.\r\rAnd I'm glad they're addressing the transmog issue. Gryphon mail as plate? O.o

Commentaire de Lichtbinder

on 2016-06-01T01:14:02-05:00

I'm not sure why they got into transmog now, but I'm looking forward that those armors will be available for both, mail and plate, as transmogs. ^^

Commentaire de felixhui

on 2016-06-01T01:26:27-05:00

Would anyone please report the cloak from the Horde side ToC heroic tribute to the official post? (I do not have access to the beta forum.)

http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8iggGpr.png

It's seems that it's unobtainable right not but Blizzard should definitely add a way to obtain it, at least for those who got the heroic tribute achievement.

Thanks :)

Commentaire de Klaital1

on 2016-06-01T03:25:05-05:00

Ohh I hope that with this change, they change the Helm of Awareness from Zevrim Thornhoof in Dire Maul back to plate again like it used to be before the dungeon revamp! As its the only proper headpiece for sentinel transmog in the game after the removal of Sentinel's Headdress from the pre-cata quest in Feralas.

Commentaire de Lostelf

on 2016-06-01T04:13:29-05:00

Why don't they just make the pieces cosmetic and lock them to classes that can equip mail and plate? That way everyone who should be able to use them can.

Commentaire de Atiaens

on 2016-06-01T04:25:38-05:00

"Half of the Jade Plate (Recolor) set is now split between mail and plate."\r\rWhat the hell Blizzard? Why?\r\rThis entirely negates the usage of this armor set in ANY form aside from being a new player without BoA, and MAYBE looting the chestpiece off a mob as a warrior.\r\rIf any portions of the set are NOT equal in type, being plate or mail, and has no other matching appearances, it simply cannot be used as a full set. Absolutely ignorant.\r\rWhy? Because they probably used a program to do the armor class swaps. This example is PRECISELY why Blizzard is asking for feedback. Instead of whining and asking "Why?" you should read the bloody article and realize that they understand it's a thing, players are very concerned about losing access to some transmogs, and are looking at ways to fix it.\r\rI just hope they change this back to full plate (as it always was!). I have the whole set on my dk, would be bad if I suddenly can't mogg it anymore o.O

Commentaire de Grabovsky

on 2016-06-01T04:30:25-05:00

Just remove the need to match armor types for transmog.\r\rI think even blizz wants to do this. But transmog was intentionally very restrictive from the start(so they wouldnt have to take away things later).

Commentaire de Drunsy

on 2016-06-01T06:17:58-05:00

I wish they added back the paladin-ish look-like from the scourge invasion

Commentaire de sinangelus

on 2016-06-01T06:33:55-05:00

I don't have access to beta or US forums (EU here), but from what I know they changed Soldier Armor into plate?

And second, if I was to use it on a plate class it has no matching shoulders?

Also I'm very sad to hear rumours that if you completed pre-cata quests and got unobtainable now armors you won't be able to unlock them unless you did those quests on a correct armor type class. I still have my Fen Keeper Robe Robe de gardien des tourbières from pre-Cata Wetlands but I had a resto druid back then not a cloth class.

I had hopes the new transmog system will at least allow me to be able to get this appearance for a cloth alt. But it seems even that I won't be able to have. Please if someone can post to Blizzard in that thread about pre-Cata no longer obtainable items from quests and ask why can't we unlock all armor types for our alts from there?

Commentaire de Webminky

on 2016-06-01T06:51:19-05:00

Is there any reason, when it comes to playing dress up with transmog, that we are limited to armor type? I mean a mage wearing full on gladiator gear may look like a muppet, but other than that, it doesn't give them any advantage.\r\rExample, I play a druid, a piece of plate drops in raid, I could still be blocked from needing it over the warriors, dk's and paladins surely. But when I go on early raids on my own, I get to pick up plate as there is no one there buy me.\r\rWith all the squee'ing about transmog, it's clearly something people love to do. That makes it part of the game. \r\rI don't understand why people want achievements as they rarely give anything, but people enjoy it, so it's part of the game. \r\rPeople collect pets and pet battles. Don't get it myself, but it's so popular, it's part of the game.\r\rMy wife jokes about "Are you going to play world of dollycraft" when I log in lol. I am not sure why they are restricting things generally.\r\rAnd fyi, I would totally play a gladiator mage, muppet or not :)

Commentaire de shadowedscholar

on 2016-06-01T07:44:45-05:00

Hmm, I really liked the saltstone piece as plate. Ah well. Oddly, it's a non transmogable set at the moment in beta due to the split of mail and plate. The upshot is, um, more room to make your own look?